Nature Conservation (Mar 2012)

Nature Conservation – a new dimension in Open Access publishing bridging science and application

  • Klaus Henle,
  • Sandra Bell,
  • Lluís Brotons,
  • Jean Clobert,
  • Douglas Evans,
  • Christoph Goerg,
  • Malgorzata Grodzinska-Jurcak,
  • Bernd Gruber,
  • Yrjo Haila,
  • Pierre-Yves Henry,
  • Andreas Huth,
  • Romain Julliard,
  • Petr Keil,
  • Michael Kleyer,
  • D. Johan Kotze,
  • William Kunin,
  • Szabolcs Lengyel,
  • Yu-Pin Lin,
  • Adeline Loyau,
  • Gary Luck,
  • William Magnuson,
  • Chris Margules,
  • Yiannis Matsinos,
  • Peter May,
  • Isabel Sousa-Pinto,
  • Hugh Possingham,
  • Simon Potts,
  • Irene Ring,
  • James Pryke,
  • Michael Samways,
  • Denis Saunders,
  • Dirk Schmeller,
  • Jukka Simila,
  • Simone Sommer,
  • Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter,
  • Pavel Stoev,
  • Martin Sykes,
  • Béla Tóthmérész,
  • Rita Yam,
  • Joseph Tzanopoulos,
  • Lyubomir Penev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.1.3081
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 0
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This Editorial presents the focus, scope and policies of the inaugural issue of Nature Conservation, a new open access, peer-reviewed journal bridging natural sciences, social sciences and hands-on applications in conservation management. The journal covers all aspects of nature conservation and aims particularly at facilitating better interaction between scientists and practitioners. The journal will impose no restrictions on manuscript size or the use of colour. We will use an XML-based editorial workflow and several cutting-edge innovations in publishing and information dissemination. These include semantic mark-up of, and enhancements to published text, data, and extensive cross-linking within the journal and to external sources. We believe the journal will make an important contribution to better linking science and practice, offers rapid, peer-reviewed and flexible publication for authors and unrestricted access to content.